How about sharing some tips for good finds? [View all]

I'll start.

I've always done very well with handwritten recipe books. You know, the old looseleaf kind where the homemaker wrote her favorites, and pasted in some clipped ones and ones from aunties and friends.

These generally are overlooked at estate sales. Buy it for a dollar, sell for twenty or thirty or more, if it's good. That's a great return on a dollar!